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Jul 2023
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66 - When Space Was Filled With Music

DAN HOOPER, SHALMA WEGSMAN
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Shortly after the Big Bang, space was densely packed with enough stuff for sound to travel through it. What was producing sound in this era, and how can we hear it today?

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